I have a drinking problem. Surprisingly, even with the pandemic, it’s not an issue with alcohol. This week I found out that my go-to drink may have caused my current teeth sensitivity, and my favourite glass to drink it out of was recalled over a decade ago. With any luck, my cautionary tale will give you some valuable information. This …
Opinion: Warming up to Winterlude a ‘cool’ opportunity for Jeopardy! contestants
I love great marketing and I love my hometown of Ottawa. Pair the two and I’m especially delighted. Add in the company responsible for my first non-babysitting job, and I’m tickled pink, like someone’s nose nipped by Jack Frost while skating on the Rideau Canal. Ottawa Tourism’s latest capitalization (pun intended) on pop culture to advance awareness and interest in …
Opinon: Learning stream removal requires solid supports
Last week, the provincial government announced that Grade 9 academic and applied learning streaming would end in September 2022. Maybe because I am often repelled by decisions of this government, or maybe because I thought I’d read that they were ending all streaming, my first reaction was: “Say it isn’t so!” Since that original reaction, I now applaud it, if …
You took my moonlight away
Sault Star columnist Nadine Robinson captured this view of the partial lunar eclipse from her property near Hiawatha, which peaked Friday at about 4 a.m. ET. It was the longest partial eclipse in almost 600 years. Nadine Robinson
Century of solemn and inspiring landscapes
Almost exactly a century ago, even down to the season, J.E.H MacDonald painted one of the Group of Seven’s most recognizable paintings, that of The Solemn Land. Fast forward 100 years and that notable painting of the rugged bluffs on the Montreal River hangs in the National Gallery of Canada. Meanwhile, the Double Door Gallery outside Barrie, Ont., will host …
Opinion: ‘Pretty clear’ Canada didn’t uphold its treaty promise
Treaty recognition week just ended, and I almost missed it. Perhaps you are in the same jiimaan (Anishinaabe word for boat) as me? I truly didn’t know what I didn’t know (something that I find that is happening to me more and more as I age). I’m still reflecting on this week, and how I can be on the right …
Mighty fun having fungi now on ‘my radar’
Foraging and edible mushroom groups on social media are cropping up more frequently than the mushrooms themselves this fall, and that’s saying something because this has been a rainy and fabulous fungi fall. This is my first year interested in the spore-t (yes, that is a mushroom pun), and it’s fast becoming a feather in my cap (yup, again, pun …
More ‘productive’ parliamentary days, please
Let’s talk about how we earn our salaries. Most of us have to do work to get paid, and for a lot of us that also means having to go to a workplace, even out of town. What about our elected officials? Tasha Kheiriddin wrote an opinion column about our Parliament’s sitting days and why we should care. She wrote …
Unfamiliar apps, services help make recent travel tickety-boo
While the pandemic has caused all kinds of unexpected bumps for travellers everywhere, my last trip to southern Ontario catalyzed me into finding out about some new and useful technologies to aid in travel in and around Toronto. With Porter flying again, we were able to secure decent flights. The issue was trying to get a rental car. I knew …
Rules around COVID-19 ring hollow without enforcement
As news and social media stories cross my screen on people not following COVID-19 protocols in our community, I can’t help but think that we need a lesson in parenting, and … well … “humaning.” Two incidents in particular have reminded me that rules with no enforcement are useless. Firstly, there are multiple establishments in Sault Ste. Marie that have decided …